Known as a cost of 280 million, the box office of "Disconnected" hit the street in the first week, and Kwok Fucheng should be on par with Stephen Chow

On March 2, Kwok Fucheng spoke for the first time about the case of his wife Fang Yuan's secret Cai Tianfeng, saying: "This is a very shocking and sad thing, Cai Tianfeng is a good friend of ours, and it may take a while for my wife to come out." ”

Three days later, Fang Yuan also appeared in the media, light makeup could not hide her pale and haggard expression, and some netizens left a message saying: "Have you cried many times recently, and your eyes are swollen." ”

Why did Kwok Fucheng and his wife Fang Yuan appear in the media one after another?

It turned out that "Broken Network" starring Kwok Fucheng held its premiere in Hong Kong, along with the main creator Lin Jiadong and director Wong Qingxun.

Fang Yuan came to the scene to support her husband's new play, which was also Fang Yuan's first appearance after the Cai Tianfeng case.

"Broken Network" will be released in Hong Kong on March 9, and the mainland has already started painting in advance, so how did the film perform at the box office?

In the 9th week of 2023 (February 27 to March 5), the mainland box office list was freshly released, and last week's market hit a total of 312 million, down 16% from the 8th week, a total of three new films were released, only Kwok Fucheng's "Broken Network" broke into the top ten of the list.

Ren Suxi's solo drama movie "Wasteland" only collected 1.59 million in the first three days in the first weekend, missing the top ten.

Deng Chao's "Chinese Table Tennis" ranked ninth, and last week it took 5.32 million, and the cumulative results in three weeks have not exceeded 100 million yuan, and if there is no special publicity means, it can basically be announced.

Dapeng's new film "Keep You Safe" opened a large-scale screening strategy, the performance was not bad, a total of 5.12 million, ranked tenth, the film will be released on a large scale on March 10, as long as the reputation is decent, the box office is not a problem.

After all, Dapeng still has a bit of box office appeal.

"Ant-Man 3" had a box office of 37.15 million in the third week, ranking fifth, and the total box office in the mainland was 254 million, becoming the lowest box office film in this series.

Huang Zihua's "Poisonous Tongue Lawyer" finally defeated "The Wandering Earth 2" in the second week of release, winning the first weekly box office championship with full gold content, and the film successfully achieved a box office reversal in the second week.

"Poisonous Tongue Lawyer" is gratifying, the total box office in the mainland has now reached 122 million, and it will have a strong endurance, and the first goal is to attack the box office of 200 million.

For a low-investment legal-themed film, "Poisonous Tongue Lawyer" not only created a local box office miracle in Hong Kong, but also made the producer a lot of money.

"Disconnected Network" hit the box office of 41.8 million in three days in the first weekend, surpassing "Manjiang Red" and ranking third against "The Wandering Earth 2".

The film only won the box office championship on Friday's premiere day, and was surpassed by "Poison Tongue Lawyer" on Saturday and Sunday, indicating that the subsequent ability to attract money will be greatly reduced.

According to the cast and special effects cost of "Disconnected Network", the revenue of more than 40 million yuan in the first week can be directly summarized as a box office hit the street.

It is expected that the next week will fall by 40%, almost 20 million more, the mainland will be within 80 million, even if Hong Kong can collect 10 million Hong Kong dollars, the final total box office will not exceed 100 million.

Previously, the budget cost of the film was called 280 million, and it also attracted fans to invest on the Internet, when Haikou boasted that the box office could reach 1.5 billion.

According to the cost of 280 million, the theater box office must reach 800 million to return the cost, and now it is estimated that it cannot break 100 million, and it is inevitable that the film side will lose money.

In fact, the costs exposed by this network are all moisture and premium, just like "China Ping-Pong" said that the budget cost was 250 million, and "Manjiang Hong" claimed to cost 500 million, which is not very credible.

After watching the movie, he came to the conclusion that the budget cost is indeed a bit high, but it is not as high as 280 million.

First of all, the cost that is visible on the surface.

Hong Kong media reported that in the production of the special, the crew spent 20 million Hong Kong dollars to produce a large-scale CG online world and build an online forest, which can be seen to have spent a lot of money.

Secondly, the remuneration of the three leading actors.

Kwok Fucheng's personal salary is about 15 million, Lin Jiadong and Ren Dahua are about 5 million to 10 million, which is almost 35 million.

Finally, other expenses.

For example, the scene in the movie, the red cloth frame where Kwok Fucheng chases and fights in the downtown area, Huang Debin's scrapped car, and the salaries of other actors, the post-production expenses and publicity expenses.

Roughly calculated, the actual budget cost of "Disconnection" is about 100 million to 120 million, and now in this situation, whether it is 280 million costs or 100 million costs, the film side will not receive anything.

So what caused the box office to hit the street?

First, the plot problem.

"Broken Network" revolves around the story of Cheuk Ka Chun (played by Kwok Fucheng) going astray for his daughter, but also because his daughter has rehabilitated, and fights wits with the villain Chen Mingzhi (played by Lin Jiadong).

The leader of the Cyber Information Investigation Division, played by Yam Dahua, works with them to shuttle between the Internet and the real world, showing extraordinary cyber warfare.

The subject matter is novel, the wonders of the online world are still worth seeing, the overall look and feel is acceptable, and the pace is bright. However, there are many unreasonable plots in the film, the details cannot be delved into at all, and bugs are everywhere.

During the investigation of the case, the Ministry of Information led by Ren Dahua was completely a cardboard man, waiting for Kwok Fucheng to investigate and get evidence, while dragging his feet to suspect and pursue him, and finally expected him to bring the bad guys to justice.

In this process, he has been running behind Guo Fucheng's butt, which does not reflect the suspense and thriller atmosphere at all.

Second, Kwok Fucheng's personal ability to carry the box office is poor.

After the Spring Festival, two movies starring Kwok Fucheng were released in such a short period of time, one is "When the Wind Rises Again", and the other is "Cut Off the Internet" in the hot screening.

"When the Wind Rises Again" even if it cooperates with Tony Leung, the box office has not been able to rise, "Broken Network" pulled in Ren Dahua and Lin Jiadong, two actors, the box office still hit the street.

And now Hong Kong films need to join forces, and there must be a box office appeal starring in order to achieve box office hits, such as "Bomb Disposal Expert 2" starring Andy Lau and Liu Qingyun; "Apostle Walker 2" is Zhang Jiahui, Koo Tianle and Wu Zhenyu; The cast of "Drug Sweep 2" is Andy Lau, Koo Tianle and Miao Qiaowei; "Chasing the Dragon" is Andy Lau and Donnie Yen.

These are Hong Kong heavyweight actors, as long as the script can be obtained, the box office will basically be guaranteed.

Now it's different from before, it's the word-of-mouth box office era, before like "Macau Vice" all-stars go to the scene, the plot has no nutritious operation methods, now it no longer works, the audience will not be fooled again and again.

Now Kwok Fucheng is going to cooperate with movie stars such as Andy Lau, Stephen Chow, and Chow Yun-fat, such as "Matchless" starring Chow Yun-fat before, which won 1.273 billion box office, and the word-of-mouth box office was double-harvested.

Look at Tony Leung in "When the Wind Rises Again" is a literary film physique, and the acting skills are very enduring, but the box office will basically not be a big hit, and "Nameless" between Tony Leung and Wang Yibo in the Spring Festival file is an example.

Ren Dahua and Lin Jiadong in "Broken Network" have nothing to say about their acting skills, but they do not have high box office masterpieces, besides, Kwok Fucheng himself is the leading actor, whether the box office can rise or not, it depends entirely on you.

Third, Kwok Fucheng should be on par with Stephen Chow.

Stephen Chow has two characteristics worthy of Kwok Fucheng's alignment, one is to cherish feathers, and the other is to rather lack than abuse.

Since "Kung Fu" in 2004, Stephen Chow's film works have been few, but he has not given up on creation. Instead, he opted for a more refined approach, focusing on the quality and content of the film rather than the quantity.

From 2004 to the present, Stephen Chow has only starred in the movie "Yangtze River No. 7", in addition to "The New King of Comedy" being bundled by the producer for rapid production, the director's "Journey to the West" and "Mermaid" have a very good box office.

Stephen Chow's creative spirit of cherishing feathers and preferring lack is not only reflected in the control of the number of films, but also in his control of the content and artistic style of the film.

Among them, Stephen Chow's "Kung Fu 2", "Mermaid 2", "Monkey King" and "Tai Chi" four new films are all being carefully crafted, and the so-called good food is not afraid of late, and good wine is not afraid of deep alleys.

Stephen Chow's trait is estimated to have been learned from Cameron.

And what about Aaron Kwok?

In the past ten years, 15 films have been made, more than Andy Lau's works, and the output is second only to Koo Tianle, the key is that among many works, there are few films with a good reputation.

There is only one 8-point movie "Matchless"; 2 7-point movies, namely "Cold War 2" and "Stepping on the Snow to Find Mei"; There are three films in 6 points: "Breaking the Game", "Mai Roader" and "When the Wind Rises Again", and the remaining nine films failed and the box office was not satisfactory.

If you think about it, the total box office of so many movies may not be as high as the box office of Stephen Chow's two movies, so it is better to select the script well and strive to rely on a work to be a hit, just like Wu Jing's "Wolf Warrior 2", or the same as Zhang Songwen in "Crazy".

Brother Yan feels that today's Kwok Fucheng must cherish feathers, rather lack than abuse, and look at Stephen Chow.

What do you think of Aaron Kwok's "Disconnected"?